Hyunjoo Hwang Kim currently teaches at Renaissance One School for Humanities in Patterson, New Jersey and she is the Principal of the Korean School of New Jersey, a weekend Korean school (Korean-language school). She is also the Vice President of the National Association of Korean Schools, Northeast Chapter, and also a board member of the broader National Association of Korean Schools (NAKS).

In this essay, she decribes coming to the United States at the age of sixteen and how she became a public school teacher. She recounts her difficulties adjusting to life in the United States as a Korean immigrant, and she also recounts her experiences working at a New Jersey Korean school and how she put a lot of time and effort into the education of second-generation Korean Americans. Additionally, she shares her thoughts about how the Korean government should consider weekend Korean schools in the United States in their policy-making.